All the students, faculty members and employees of the Institute can register themselves for the membership of the Library. All Students, faculty and staff members are issued bar-coded patron cards. Their entitlement, in terms of the number of books that can be borrowed by them, are as follows:

Category of member

No. of Books that can be issued

Duration of Issue

Membership Form Attestation By

Faculty, Scientific & Academic Staff

12

One Semester

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

Visiting/Adjunct/Inspire Faculty

06

One Semester

Any other faculty member

Emeritus Fellow

06

One Semester

Any other faculty member

Retired Faculty/Staff (With security deposit of Rs. 15,000/-)

02

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

Administrative Staff (equivalant to Asstt. Registrarand above)

05

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

Technical and Supporting Staff

02

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

Other Staff of the Institute

02

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

IRD Staff (with minimum one year duration)

02

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

Research Scholars

08

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre
Deputy Registrar (PG)

Post-Doctoral Fellows

08

One Month

Head of the Deptt. / Centre

M.Tech. / M.Sc

05

14 days

Head of the Deptt. / Centre
Deputy Registrar (PG)

B.Tech

05

14 days

Assistant Registrar (UG)

IITD Alumini

02

14 days

Secretary / President of the Association

Corporate Members

02

14 days

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Library Membership and Loan Period

All students, faculty and employees of the Institute are entitled for the membership of the Library. Library membership form is available at the Membership Counter at Central Library. The Library membership can also be availed by the retired employees and Alumni of the Institute. The Library has over 9500 valid members. For the renewal of membership contact Library membership counter.

Corporate Membership

The industrial and corporate houses can become "Corporate Members" of the Library for availing the services of the Central Library on making as annual payment of Rs. 15,000.00 and one-time security (refundable) of Rs. 15,000.00. The corporate Members can avail consultation/book borrowing and inter-library loan (ILL) facilities from the Central Library.

Borrowing Rules

The readers should check the books thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, etc. while getting them issued.

No book in damaged condition will be accepted from the users on return. Damaged books will have to be replaced by the borrower.

Issue & Return Timings

General Book Section :

Faculty/ Student / Staff members having RFID card can Self Check-in & Self Check-Out the books using RFID Self Check-in & Self Check-Out Kiosk and Book Drop Box at any time till the Library is open.

If Faculty/ Student / Staff members does not RFID card Books can be borrowed from Circulation Counter, Central Library from 9:00 AM to 5:15 PM during the weekdays.

Text Book Section :

Two Textbooks can be issued on loan for overnight from 2:00 P.M. to 6.30 P.M. Textbooks should be returned on next day between 10.00 A.M. to 1.00 P.M.

Conventions for Issues / Return

General books are issued to all eligible members as per their entitlements.

Reference books and bound volumes are issued to members with special permission. Please contact Incharge, Reader Services/Librarian for obtaining permission.

Theses, dissertations, CDs, are not lent out of the Library.

Cost recovery of Lost Books by the Library members

Following is the approved criteria for recovering the cost of lost books by Library members:

Lost book should be replaced by a new book with overdue charges, if any and with processing charges of Rs. 100/- for each book.

In case the book is out of print or not available in the market then the double of the cost mentioned in the Accession register should be charged with processing charges of Rs. 100/- for each book with overdue charges, if any.

Minimum of Rs. 300/- to be charged with processing charges of Rs. 100/- for each book with overdue charges, if any.

The cost of the book in foreign currency to be charged at the current conversion rate of the currency.

Overdue Fine

Items that are returned after the due date are considered overdue. Overdue fines are assessed at the following rates:

Rs. 1.00 per day for the books issued from General Section

Rs. 0.50 per hour for the books issued from Text Book Section

Loss of Identity Card/Library Card

The loss of Identity Card or bar-coded patron card should be reported to the Institute Security and Readers Services Section of the Library. The Institute Security or concerned section (UG/PG) will issue duplicate Identity card. Contact Readers Services for issuance of bar-code. Borrowers shall be responsible for any loss or misuse of their original/duplicate card.